I started doing annual recaps when I started blogging last year (see: Looking back at 2015). I particularly loved it for one reason: it makes me happy to reminisce and see where the year has taken me, literally. With many places and cities visited, the end of December is a great opportunity…
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I find picture-taking one of the most fun, yet most difficult tasks of blogging. Sometimes, it can be downright frustrating when a picture has the potential to be amazing, but thanks to the lighting situation, it turns out to be either all dark, or a result in a harshly lit…
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Edit: This restaurant has permanently shut down. The Baga-Calangute strip has recently seen a dip in splashy, upscale ‘dining experiences.’ The area is now littered with cheap rooms, cheap food and cheap everything else. It’s quite a surprise to come across a stylish-looking eatery amidst the chaos these days. Buried in…
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Hey guys!! It’s that time of the year again! You’re heading home for the holidays and the whole world seems full of love and twinkling lights. Presents are placed under the tree and sweets are ready. The family descends from far and wide and requisite family gatherings increase. You spend…
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I grew up on Famous Five, Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys. Yes, I was that geeky kid. For those of you who read, mystery novels are the most captivating genre to get engrossed in! Maybe it’s the puzzle, the chance to watch the detective chase clues and try to…
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A pet is a part of the family for many of us. We know how painful it can be to leave someone behind when we go on vacation, but when that someone has big, sad eyes and a tilted head that’s wondering where you’re going, the feeling can be downright…
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Welcome back!! As New Year approaches, all roads lead to Goa – India’s number 1 party destination. With cheap booze, shady shacks and umpteen choices for a New Years party, it’s a lovely place for a laid-back yet fun celebration. After staying at places like Ratapani Range Retreat and Phoebe’s…
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I’d never been to Delhi. But for the longest time, it’s been on the top of my list! My Twitter time-line would constantly break out in a Delhi-Mumbai battle – which city is better, which of the two have the more delicious food, more pleasing weather, more style? To top…
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So tell me… What do you usually do on long flights? Do you take the opportunity to have a long snooze or listen to your ipod? Maybe you watch a movie on your laptop or soothe your cranky child… I, for one, always read the inflight magazine cover to cover!…
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Hey guys! So a lot of people keep telling me that “Bandra is sooo much like Goa,” “Lonavala’s greenery is just like Goa’s” and “the houses in Udvada are similar to those in Goa.” I completely, 100% disagree! No place on earth is “just like Goa.” However, one place comes pretty…
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Appropriately located minutes away from Vile Parle Railway Station (E) is an easily missed gem. Yes, it isn’t in the trendiest neighborhood, but with close proximity to a dozen colleges, it’s doing pretty well for itself. Oliva, Vile Parle Oliva is owned by a first-generation entrepreneur, Makarand who has experimented…
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